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Updated Pedal: Cusack Resound V2 Stereo Reverb

Cusack Music first unveiled its stereo reverb Resound at Summer NAMM 2018. At the 2023 Winter NAMM show it unveiled a revamped version of the original with new algorithms, Expression output, and a slightly different look but similar functionality. Sporting eight modes, the Resound includes all the features you expect…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Cusack Resound V2 Stereo Reverb

Alexander Pedals Luminous Phaseshifter

With its 10 modes, the stereo and compact Alexander Pedals Luminous Phaseshifter is in all likelihood the most comprehensive phaser pedal you'll find on the market today. The modes (aka "engines) include a bonanza of different phasing effects, from the classic phaser with a selectable number of stages (from 4…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Luminous Phaseshifter

Strymon Riverside Multistage Drive

Strymon, a company that built its name on clean, warm and lush tones, has finally entered the "dirty" pedal distortion market with Riverside, described as "the culmination of a thorough analysis of numerous analog and vacuum tube circuits." The company's goal was to deliver a new world of harmonically rich, versatile,…... Click for more

Strymon Riverside Multistage Drive

Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay

Part of their 2023 eight-pedal series, the Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay answers the need for a simple, no-frills delay with three useful modes. The three faders control time, feedback, and mix, and the selector switch provides three unique options for the style of delay, the fidelity of the repeats, and…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Fundamental Delay

Walrus Audio Fundamental Chorus

Part of the Oklahioma-based company's first affordable pedal line, the Walrus Audio Fundamental Chorus is a bread-and-butter digital effect featuring three faders instead of knobs. The controls are for Rate, Depth, and Mix, while a switch delivers three modes voiced after lush analog units, multiple-tap chorus, and the classic Tri-Chorus…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Fundamental Chorus

Neunaber Immerse Reverberator MkII

Brian Neunaber of Neunaber Audio might be based in Orange, California, but the rigor he puts into his pedal designs betrays the mitteleuropean origins of his last name (for the unaware, Germans seem to have a special gene for engineering). Over the past few years his company has built a…... Click for more

Neunaber Immerse Reverberator MkII

Eventide Blackhole Reverb

Eventide just released a stompbox version of their popular reverb plugin - the Blackhole! The pedal is presented as an ambient device and features six knobs, all offering an alternate function. Gravity is the most original control here, affecting the direction of the decay (forward or inversed), and replacing in…... Click for more

Eventide Blackhole Reverb

Source Audio Spectrum Intelligent Filter

Since Source Audio recently released a synth pedal, it seems appropriate for them to follow it up with a filter one, since filters are an unmissable component in synthesizers... Enter Spectrum, which will make history also for being the first Source Audio pedal ever with non-descriptive graphics! Sporting the usual…... Click for more

Source Audio Spectrum Intelligent Filter

Strymon Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator

Strymon surprised everyone on the evening of September 17 by leaking news of a new pedal to be released... a few hours later during a Facebook Live video! The device in question is the Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator, which looks like a major creative release for the Californian company that…... Click for more

Strymon Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator

New Pedal: NuX Damp Stereo Mini Reverb

With a $79 USD price tag, the NuX Damp is the first stereo reverb pedal hosted in a mini case - thanks to its two TRS jacks that accept both mono and stereo signals. It offers 3 modes (Plate, Spring, and Hall) inspired by specific circuits: the EMT 140 plate…... Click for more

New Pedal: NuX Damp Stereo Mini Reverb

New Pedal: Rainger FX Flanger X

The Rainger FX Flanger X is the third pedal in a series of creative mini digital pedals released by London's eccentric builder David Rainger. The previous two were the Echo X and the Reverb X. As with its predecessors, the Flanger X was designed with the goal of expanding the…... Click for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX Flanger X

Ibanez ES3 Echo Shifter

At NAMM 2020 Ibanez presented an upgrade to their classic Echo Shifter pedal, the ES3, which adds a digital mode for crisper repeats and as Oscillation mode if the tap tempo footswitch is held. The effect's modulation can now be controlled more in-depth thanks to the new Speed knob.…... Click for more

Ibanez ES3 Echo Shifter